Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 17:25:18 -0800 From: Craig Shaver <craig@progroup.com> To: tphilips@usa.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation woes :) Message-ID: <32DD837E.41C67EA6@progroup.com> References: <32DC5B77.6614@usa.net>
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Tracy Phillips wrote: > > hi all, > > i have had FreeBSD installed before (about last week). I can install it > just fine now (it appears to install anyway), i just can not boot it at > all. Let me give you kind souls a description of my computer and see if > you can help. I will try to speak in FreeBSD terms whenever i can its > all still pretty new to me (if you know linux terms i know those a > little better when dealing with harddrives). > > I have 3 harddrives set up as so: > > /dev/wd0 Windows95 > IBM OEM Disk > 540 MB > 1049 cyl 16 heads 63 sec/t > > /dev/wd1 Where i propose to keep FreeBSD > Western Digital Caviar 3100 > 1083 MB > 2100 cyl 16 heads 63 sec/t > > /dev/wd2s1 LiNUX > /dev/wd2s2 MSDOS Vfat partition > Maxtor Model 7540RV > 540 MB (or there abouts) > 1046 cyl 16 heads 63 sec/t >From another (old) post: > > hello, I installed freebsd and selected the boot manager (boot easy) but > > It didn't work? I have tried reinstalling, but it is alway the same > > thing. What do I need to do to get the boot manager? > > . Booteasy will not work if the drive geometry is wrong. > . Booteasy will not work to boot some system's second disk. In these > cases use OS-BS instead (available on the cdrom or ftp site in /tools) another old post (5/96): > >I just installed BSD on hd1. hd0 is all DOS. When I went to boot, I got > >this: > > > >NO ROM BASIC > > > >SYSTEM HALTED > > Can't speak about BootEasy, but I have FreeBSD 2.1.0 running off hd1 > (wd1) via OS/BS. Works great. Sounds like you just need to pick a > favorite boot manager and install it on your hd0. > > With DOS on hd0 that should be no problem -- DOS partitions give you > plenty of room at the front of the disk to install OS/BS or whatever > boot manager you prefer. > > See ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/dos-tools/osbs*.exe > > As an aside, OS/BS is pretty nice. Actually, I have it > multibooting off DOS and FreeBSD 2.0.5 on wd0, FreeBSD 2.1.0 and > some old Linux version on wd1, and off my ZIP drive on sd0. > > Randy Hopper > rhh@ct.picker.com > Now back hat the disk labeler thing should i make the FreeBSD partition > Active by pushing s or will this interfere with my other operating > systems. Probably, have you read all of the documentation at www.freebsd.org? I just tried to find out how to boot from floppy at the site and could not find anything. :( You should have a boot block on the second disk. > > At the Boot selctor options i have tried them all and none seems to > work. did you do something like boot hd(1,a)/kernel? > > What can i do or am i doing something wrong when i try to install the > OS. > > I do not mind how my drives are configured as long as FreeBSD ends up on > the Western Digital one. > > What is the exact syntax that i need to use to boot from the floopy > dirve? i have tried this but it gives me a syntax wrong or something to > that effect. I wish I knew. The handbook doesn't seem to have any info on the www.freebsd.org site. I will email again if I find something. > Tracy Phillips > tphilips@cedar.netten.net -- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088
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